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Appointments
The Lake County Board Chair appoints more than 300 people to serve on various boards, commissions, and other special purpose units of government ranging from drainage and fire districts, to the transportation service boards, human services boards and the Board of Review.
Volunteer to Serve on a Government Board
When citizens participate in government, it enhances transparency, openness, as well as effectiveness because government officials benefit from citizens' input, perspective, and expertise. The Lake County Board is seeking volunteers to appoint to various boards, agencies, and commissions.
Standards of Conduct
As the appointing authority for over 70 local appointed units of government, the Chair of the Lake County Board has established Standards for Appointees (PDF) that our nearly 300 appointees are required to follow.
- Ordinance implementing the authority permitted pursuant to Illinois Public Act 098-0779 to require County Board appointed board or commission members to adopt the Lake County Standards of Conduct (PDF)
- Lake County Standards of Conduct for Appointed Officials to Boards and Commissions (PDF)
Instructions
- Find a board or commission that you're interested in serving on by browsing the list below. (You can view the entire list of board/commissions and descriptions.)
- Click on the name to learn more about the board. Note: When you click on a link, it will take you to a different website. Click on the "Description" tab for information on the purpose, function, term, contact info, and qualifications for the position.
- Once you've found a board that you're interested in serving on, check the vacancy column to see if there is a vacancy.
- Are you eligible? In some cases, you simply have to be a Lake County resident. In other cases, you have to live in the specific district. If so, click on the district map. In other cases, you can search by your address to see if the public body is listed in your taxing district.
- Click Apply and complete the online form. A Lake County staff member will follow up with you.
Board / Agency / Commission | Vacancy | Are You Eligible? | Apply |
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Avon-Fremont Drainage District | No | Must be resident of the district. District Map |
Apply |
Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district Address Search |
Apply |
Beach Park Drainage District | No | Must be resident of the district. District Map |
Apply |
Beach Park Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Countryside Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Del Mar Woods Sanitary District | No | Must be resident of the district. District Map |
Apply |
East Skokie Drainage District | No | Must be resident of the district. District Map |
Apply |
Emergency Telephone Safety Board | No | Two at-large members must live in Lake County | Apply |
Ethics Commission | No | Lake County Resident. Application deadline is 5:00 p.m. on May 21, 2021. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. | Apply |
Fox Lake Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Grayslake Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Grubb School Drainage District | No | Must be resident of the district. District Map |
Apply |
Housing and Community Development | No | Lake County Resident |
Apply |
Lake Bluff Mosquito Abatement District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Lake County Board of Health | No |
Lake County Resident | Apply |
Lake County Board of Review | No | Lake County Resident | Apply |
Lake County Farmland Assessment Committee | No | Lake County Resident | Apply |
Lake County Housing Authority | No | Lake County Resident | Apply |
Lake County Public Aid Committee | No | Must be a Township Supervisor | Apply |
Lake County Sheriff's Office Merit Commission | No | Lake County Resident | Apply |
Lake Zurich Rural Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Lakes Region Sanitary District | No | Must be resident of the district. District Map |
Apply |
Lakeside Cemetery Association | No | Libertyville Township Resident and have a spouse/family member buried at Lakeside Cemetery. | Apply |
Lindenhurst Sanitary District | No | Must be resident of the district. District Map |
Apply |
Long Grove Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Manitou Creek Drainage District |
No | Must be resident of the district. District Map |
Apply |
METRA Commuter Rail Board | No | Lake County Resident | Apply |
PACE Board | No | Lake County Resident | Apply |
Public Water District | No | Lake County Resident | Apply |
Rockland Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Round Lake Sanitary District | No | Apply | |
Slocum Drainage District | No | Must be resident of the district. District Map |
Apply |
Southlake Mosquito Abatement District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Tuberculosis Sanatorium Board | No | Lake County Resident | Apply |
Upper Illinois River Valley Development Authority | No | Shall be persons of recognized ability and experience in one or more of the following areas: economic development, finance, banking, industrial development, small business management, real estate development, community development, venture finance, organized labor or civic, community or neighborhood organization. | Apply |
Warren-Waukegan Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
Wauconda Fire Protection District | No | Must be resident of the district. Address Search |
Apply |
West Skokie Drainage District | No | Must be resident of the district. District Map |
Apply |
Winchester House Advisory Board | No | Lake County Resident | Apply |
Workforce Development Board | No | Shall meet the requirements in the by-laws for representatives of the following: business, workforce, education and training, governmental and economic, and community development. | Apply |
Zoning Board of Appeals | Yes | Lake County Resident but no two members can reside with in the same township. | Apply |
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County Board Office
Physical Address
18 N County Street,
10th Floor,
Waukegan, IL 60085
Phone 847-377-2300Fax 847-984-5675